Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ring-ditch
Ballyfoyle, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyfoyle
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.91879, -6.95475
- SMR number
- LA026-014001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Cropmarks of circular enclosures (LA026-014003/006-) visible on aerial photographs (CUCAP, BGN 56-7). No visible surface remains.
Aerial photograph (GB91.EK.13) taken in 1991 shows cropmark of a ring-ditch. This monument is visible on the OSI website orthophotos for 1995 and 2005 (Dr. G. Barrett 1991).
The above report has been compiled by Dr. G.F. Barrett and supplied to the Archaeological Survey of Ireland.
Date of this report: 2 December 2010
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 18 April 2012
Nearby in the register
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Linear earthworkunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.